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package org.apache.juneau.uon;

/**
 * Identifies the possible values for the {@link UonSerializer#UON_paramFormat} setting.
 */
public enum ParamFormat {

	/**
	 * Use UON notation for values.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * String values such as <js>"(foo='bar')"</js> will end up being quoted and escaped to <js>"'(foo=bar~'baz~')'"</js>.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * Boolean strings (<js>"true"</js>/<js>"false"</js>) and numeric values (<js>"123"</js>) will also end up quoted
	 * (<js>"'true'"</js>, <js>"'false'"</js>, <js>"'123'"</js>.
	 */
	UON,

	/**
	 * Serialize as plain text.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * Strings will never be quoted or escaped.
	 * <br>Maps and array constructs (<js>"(...)"</js>, <js>"@(...)"</js>) will never be used.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * Note that this can cause errors during parsing if you're using the URL-encoding parser to parse the results since
	 * UON constructs won't be differentiable.
	 * <br>However, this is not an issue if you're simply creating queries or form posts against 3rd-party interfaces.
	 */
	PLAINTEXT;
}
